Samira Khashoggi

Samira Khashoggi
سميرة خاشقجي
Born1935
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
DiedMarch 1986 (aged 5051)
NationalitySaudi Arabian
OccupationJournalist
Spouses
  • (m. 1954; div. 1956)
  • Anas Yassin
Children
ParentMuhammad Khashoggi (father)
Relatives

Samira Khashoggi (Arabic: سميرة خاشقجي, 1935 – March 1986) was a Saudi Arabian progressive author, as well as the founder of Al Sharkiah magazine. She was the sister of the Saudi businessman Adnan Khashoggi. She was the first wife of Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed and the mother of filmmaker Dodi Al-Fayed. She died of a heart attack in 1986 at the age of 51.